Steve Jobs’ Mozzarella Head, Sexy Butcher Backlash, Katie Lee

Suds Dud: A story on how to better use your dishwasher shot to the top of the New York Times’ “most emailed” list. The biggest appliance offense: using “10 to 15 times the amount of soap” you actually need. via New York Times

Michelle Obama Throws Down: The first lady laid the smack down on junk food titans: “This isn’t about finding creative ways to market products as healthy,” she said. “It’s about producing products that actually are healthy.” Zing! via Washington Post

G’bye Government Cheese, Hello Triple Crème Brie: Young jobless foodies get over the stigma and use food stamps to buy stuff like organic asparagus. The horror. via Salon

When Pie is a Weapon: Lierre Keith, a former vegan, was discussing her book “The Vegetarian Myth” at the Bay Area Anarchist Book Fair when she was pelted in the head with pies by hoodie-wearing activists. The attack was caught on YouTube.

Monsanto, Here We Come: On the heels of the launch of its antitrust probe of Monsanto, the Department of Justice and Department of Agriculture held a joint workshop in Iowa where nearly 800 farmers and other citizens shared their feelings on how agribusiness monopolies have impacted their lives. “I have a lot of concern,” said Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack. via cookingupastory.com

Thread of the Week: A Salon article about the backlash to the so-called “sexy butcher” trend inspired some decent vitriol in the comments section, including one reader who created a flow chart for manufacturing “ridiculous” San Francisco fads. via Salon